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Kwame Alexander

Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you... Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figur...

Azar Nafisi

For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share th...

Matt Cain

Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 'Lovely, funny, kind and truthful . . . I was expecting a simple will-they-won't-they, but it's wiser than that . . . challenging who we are, and why, and how we can change' Russell T. Davies 'A great eye-opening and heart-warming read' Fabulous 'A rich, funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest portrayal of friendship, love and e...

Rachel Kushner

This summer, meet Sadie Smith: seductive, cunning and going undercover - the Booker-shortlisted, wickedly entertaining New York Times bestseller 'Hugely enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES 'Wonderfully seductive' ALAN HOLLINGHURST 'Really fantastic - get it!' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 'Entrancing' MICK HERRON Sadie Smith - a 34-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold o...

Pierce Brown

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow's kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds - and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow s...

Sarah Rees Brennan

*****THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***** ''The fantasy novel that every fantasy reader has been waiting for'' Jay Kristoff ''Long Live Evil is a glorious, swoon-worthy villain romance. What a delicious read'' Tasha Suri A TALE FOR ANYONE WHO''S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN... When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: ...

Bluey

"You mean fruit bats don't need to go to bed now?" It's bedtime, but Bluey doesn't want to go to sleep. She dreams that she's a fruit bat so that she can stay awake ALL NIGHT! Join Bluey on her bedtime dream-time adventure as she flies through the sky. Jam-packed with illustrations of Bluey and her friends, this book is the perfect bedtime read for fans of Bluey. Also avail...

C. S. Lewis

REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE SIGNS... Two friends set off on a perilous mission from the Great Lion, Aslan: to find the missing prince of Narnia, who hasn't been seen in over ten years. Through dangers untold, their search leads them deep down into the darkness, where a deadly and enchanting evil lies in wait. All those who have gone in search of the prince have never ret...

Alexander Lee

'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors.'A notorious fiend', 'generally odious', 'he seems hideous, and so he is.' Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machi...

Adrian Tchaikovsky

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age--a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne dis...

Joy Adamson

Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of "Born Free" and ...

Paula Hawkins

Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's...

Jeff Kinney

International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Partypooper, the 20th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. You're Invited - RSVP for Fun! Over the years, Greg Heffley has chronicled his mishaps and misadventures in a series of diaries - make that journals - but book 20 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Partypooper, really takes the cake! Expect...

Ali Hazelwood

This special first edition will have striking cover effects, beautiful interior cover art, and stenciled edges!A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in p...

Judy Parkinson

A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many readers. Now available in paperback, this delightful gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for new readers and fans of the series alike. Offering reminders of mnemonics from our youth and containing countless more to hel...

Ben Aaronovitch

THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES There is a world hidden underneath this great city... The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and van...

Henry James

Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf. The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess who ...

Lynne Robinson

The Pilates Bible is the most authoritative and comprehensive book on Pilates mat work ever written and demonstrates why this hugely popular exercise has gone from cult status to an essential part of our modern lifestyle.Drawing on the latest medical research, the authors have updated old favorites as well as introduced many new. All can be performed with little or no equipment...

Roderick Beaton

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWe think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the fina...

Blake Crouch

The final book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade. What's inside was a nightmare. What's outside is a thousand times worse. Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry,...

Jean Rhys

Her grand attempt to tell what she felt was the story of Jane Eyre's 'madwoman in the attic', Bertha Rochester, Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea is edited with an introduction and notes by Angela Smith in Penguin Classics. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent bea...

Rithvik Singh

PRE-ORDER THE BESTSELLING INDIAN POETRY PHENOMENON NOW 'I love you. And I hope you love yourself enough to leave anyone who breaks your heart. Your heart was meant to be worshipped, not turned into a war zone.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Reader, I hope these poems feel like a warm hug. I wrote them for the ones who f...

Yuto Suzuki

Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto!It's the legendary fighter Hyo and sniper Heisuke versus the magnetic Kumanomi! Who will emerge victorious in the fierce battle between three assassins with different styles of killing? Meanwhile, at the abandoned warehouse where Slur is hiding out, Akao confronts the man who murdered her aunt!It's the legendary fighter Hyo and s...

Danny White

She has sold more than 150 million albums, wowed sell-out audiences around the globe, and starred in iconic music videos, but Britney Spears' success has come with an unbearable price tag. This biography uncovers the story of how this church-going girl from the Deep South became an objectified teenage sensation and the princess of pop. It follows her rollercoaster existence ...

H. Rider Haggard

A classic Victorian adventure into the realm of the unknown"She" is Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African Tribe and the goal of three English gentlemen, who must face shipwreck, fever, and cannibals in their quest to find her hidden realm. First published in 1887, She has enthralled the imaginations of many-from Freud, who prescribed the book to one of his pat...

Joelle Taylor

Machine generated contents note:VITRINE --C+NTO --Round OneThe Body as Battleground --Round TwoThe Body as Protest --Round ThreeThe Body as Trespass --Round FourThe Body as Cemetery --Round FiveThe Body as Backroom --Round SixThe Body as Haunted House --Round SevenThe Body as Uprising --VITRINE REPRISE --O, MARYVILLE --I.Psalm --A Lesbian Walks into a Bar --II.Valentine --Angel...

S.t. Gibson

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodigy, operating under the shadow of his oppressive occultist father. Now, years after his father's death and rapidly approaching his thirtieth birthday, he is content with the high-powered life he's curated as a Boston attorney, moonlighting as a powerful medium for his secret society. B...

Ali Smith

'Miraculous . . . tender, hilarious and ultimately uplifting. A ray of hope' Paul Murray, Irish Times Once upon a time, not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint round the outside of their house . . . So begins the freewheeling and urgent new novel from Ali Smith - the story of two young people and a horse called Gliff, on the run from hist...

Carol J. Adams

First published in 1990, Carol J. Adams' revolutionary work has engaged, enraged, inspired and challenged readers with its exploration of the interplay between society's ingrained cultural misogyny and its obsession with eating animals and masculinity. This iconic book, referenced in rock songs, feminist artwork and even a Law and Order SVU episode, continues to change the live...

Tj Klune

In Nova City, there are extraordinary people, capable of feats that defy the imagination. Shadow Star protects the city and manipulates darkness, and Pyro Storm is determined to bring the city to its knees using his power over fire. And then there's Nick who . . . well, being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right? Instead of f...